Pro 17:4
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; {and} a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
King James Version
✦ Tap any word with a dotted underline to see its original language study
Connections · 11
Parallel · 11
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love {to have it} so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? {bear...: or, take into their hands}
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver {it} into the hand of the king.
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. {wounded: Gr. slain}
Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, {and} make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. {raise: or, receive}
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?